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((OOC: This is for Class 1; Cotan Sar'andor, Riin Morisani, and Lutomi let the shenanigans begin))
Drip, the sound that had been echoing around the cave, Drip, that annoying sound, Drip, that never ending rhythm, Drip, it seemed like it was going on for hours, Drip, maybe it was days, Drip, actually it had only been forty-five minutes. For some the meditation seemed like it had lasted forever, but the Knight who was leading them insisted. The silver haired one that had been known to be quiet, almost timid, was in the role of teacher and mentor for an art that was considered among the most dangerous to any Jedi to know. There was a reason that Sionann insisted on this meditation before anything began.
After a long deep breath, the silver haired Knight finally spoke, letting her voice leave her lips in a volume, that while normally would be considered quiet in any other location seemed to sound as if she was speaking straight into their ears. That is how quiet it had become in a chamber that had been naturally cut out from the rock, high enough for a rancor, damp enough for a mynock, peaceful enough for a Jedi, if it wasn't for that infernal dripping sound in the back.
"The calm is to let you think of what is within you," She spoke with a voice that at least showed confidence. "Let you remember that you are creatures that think, breathe, eat, and most importantly, feel. You feel things, you feel joy, pleasure, happiness, love. And you also feel anger, hatred, fear. No sentient creature is truly emotionless, devoid of feeling, if they say they are, they are either a droid or lying."
Sionann slowly stood up from her meditative position, letting her heavy cloak flutter to the rock floor behind her with a small and precise telekinetic push. "We Jedi are taught to suppress our emotions, taught to turn our eyes away from desire, turn our thoughts from what affects our hearts. Yet, when you suppress it enough won't it eventually build into something that can no longer be contained? Wouldn't that lead to an inevitable destruction of one's self? Or worse, a fall into selfish darkness? Why not turn that emotion, not into suppression, but rather into a power, a power called Juyo?"
Unclipping her saberstaff from the utility belt the clung tightly to her dark brown Knight robes, Sionann held it low in her left hand, not igniting the blades just yet. She held up her free hand before anyone could answer her questions, following up very quickly with.
"Remember, that this path where I walk cries hypocrisy to both light and darkness, you will only graze it. Do not expect to understand anything, nor to accept everything that the final form of combat brings, but know that those who fail in learning it often walk too close to the Light or the Darkness. You are here to learn about this form of combat, have knowledge of its philosophies, its strengths, and its weaknesses when facing it. You are also here to understand its basics to perhaps apply a little bit of it to yourself, but again, the more you try to understand the more dangerous it becomes."
She then lowered her hand and allowed for any questions, or answers to be posed to her before she would continue. Continue into a teaching that some considered an outright violation to the Light side of the Force and perhaps a great perversion of the Darkness.
Drip, the sound that had been echoing around the cave, Drip, that annoying sound, Drip, that never ending rhythm, Drip, it seemed like it was going on for hours, Drip, maybe it was days, Drip, actually it had only been forty-five minutes. For some the meditation seemed like it had lasted forever, but the Knight who was leading them insisted. The silver haired one that had been known to be quiet, almost timid, was in the role of teacher and mentor for an art that was considered among the most dangerous to any Jedi to know. There was a reason that Sionann insisted on this meditation before anything began.
After a long deep breath, the silver haired Knight finally spoke, letting her voice leave her lips in a volume, that while normally would be considered quiet in any other location seemed to sound as if she was speaking straight into their ears. That is how quiet it had become in a chamber that had been naturally cut out from the rock, high enough for a rancor, damp enough for a mynock, peaceful enough for a Jedi, if it wasn't for that infernal dripping sound in the back.
"The calm is to let you think of what is within you," She spoke with a voice that at least showed confidence. "Let you remember that you are creatures that think, breathe, eat, and most importantly, feel. You feel things, you feel joy, pleasure, happiness, love. And you also feel anger, hatred, fear. No sentient creature is truly emotionless, devoid of feeling, if they say they are, they are either a droid or lying."
Sionann slowly stood up from her meditative position, letting her heavy cloak flutter to the rock floor behind her with a small and precise telekinetic push. "We Jedi are taught to suppress our emotions, taught to turn our eyes away from desire, turn our thoughts from what affects our hearts. Yet, when you suppress it enough won't it eventually build into something that can no longer be contained? Wouldn't that lead to an inevitable destruction of one's self? Or worse, a fall into selfish darkness? Why not turn that emotion, not into suppression, but rather into a power, a power called Juyo?"
Unclipping her saberstaff from the utility belt the clung tightly to her dark brown Knight robes, Sionann held it low in her left hand, not igniting the blades just yet. She held up her free hand before anyone could answer her questions, following up very quickly with.
"Remember, that this path where I walk cries hypocrisy to both light and darkness, you will only graze it. Do not expect to understand anything, nor to accept everything that the final form of combat brings, but know that those who fail in learning it often walk too close to the Light or the Darkness. You are here to learn about this form of combat, have knowledge of its philosophies, its strengths, and its weaknesses when facing it. You are also here to understand its basics to perhaps apply a little bit of it to yourself, but again, the more you try to understand the more dangerous it becomes."
She then lowered her hand and allowed for any questions, or answers to be posed to her before she would continue. Continue into a teaching that some considered an outright violation to the Light side of the Force and perhaps a great perversion of the Darkness.